This Thanksgiving Day Eve, I offer a gift of quotes about gratitude to jumpstart contemplation about all that there is to be grateful for.

“Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.” – Kahlil Gibran

“Giving thanks for abundance is sweeter than the abundance itself…” – Rumi

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” – Cicero

“Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. The more we seek gratitude, the more reason the angels will give us for gratitude and joy to exist in our lives.” – Terry Lynn Taylor

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” -Albert Schweitzer

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus

“God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say “thank you?” – William A. Ward

“If you want to turn your life around, try thankfulness. It will change your life mightily.” – Gerald Good

“Feeling grateful or appreciative of someone or something in your life actually attracts more of the things that you appreciate and value into your life.” – Christiane Northrup

“Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.” – Brian Tracy

“The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.”- Eric Hoffer

“Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful.” -Buddha

“Let’s be grateful for those who give us happiness; they are the charming gardeners who make our soul bloom.” – Marcel Proust

“Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality.” – Alfred Painter

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy

“If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice.” – Meister Eckhart